The PC is showing RAM indicators but not powering up.
The PC is showing RAM indicators but not powering up.
Hi there, for about 2 days now my PC wont turn immedeatly when i press the Power-button on my case, only the RAM lights up, nothing else does anything. My Specs are as follows: CPU - Ryzen 7 3700x GPU - MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 2080 super Cooler - Corsair H100i RGB Platinum RAM - 32GB Gskill Trydent Z 3200Mhz DDR4 (4x8 GB Sticks) Mobo - Gigabyte B550 Elite V2 (used to have a ASUS TUF X570 that broke one week ago) PSU - Bequiet Straight Power 750W Storage - 1TB Samsung 970 Evo SSD + 2TB HDD Case - NZXT H710 OS - Windows 10 64x Version 21H2, OS build 19044.2728 About last week I had similar troubles. First the PC didnt wanna turn on like it is now, then it did turn on only to not boot. Everything lighted up and turned on but the screens and peripherals stayed black. After some troubleshooting I concluded it had to the Motherboard so I bought a new one. After the PC initially not turning on, I unplugged the PSU and tried again. This time it worked fine. I powercircled 3-4 times and everything worked just fine. Now for 2 days my PC does as I wrote above. The only way i found to turn it on is to turn off the PSU, unplug the powercable, plug it back in, turn on the PSU then wait some time and pressing the power button (I havent tried if its a consistent fix). Everything i tried so far: Checked if all cables are properly connected (unplugged everything and took out the PSU to clean it too) swapped the RAM sticks around took out components one by one to see if anything was the problem - no result cleaned the PC I built the PC myself and never had any problems with it in 3 years i owned it ever since last week. I think the PSU could be the problem but im open to any other conclusion you guys might have. Thanks for your help, if anything is unclear please ask and I will respond ASAP. EDIT: I just turned it off and on again without issue, but when it booted the PC had a bluescreen error that resolved itself. I just remembered that I had atleast 2 bluescreens in the last week. Once when it booted and once when I closed Escape from Tarkov. I dont know if this is relevant but I thought I should mention it.
Did you attempt fewer RAM sticks? You mentioned swapping, but were you using just one or two?
Lack of booting is often due to one of the four main parts being missing or faulty. It's sad the motherboard doesn't have Debug LEDs or codes. You might try a PC speaker to hear the beeps. RAM seems unlikely since you've tested it in various settings; they probably aren't completely dead.
because if you have nothing on screen it can't be boot device related or anything later in the software stack. if it detect everything but can't get to windows you'll get a bios error screen. though it is possible for plugged in devices to cause this kind of issue. I did see a dead USB device shorting a port preventing a PC to boot before. that's why people will often recommend to strip down to bare minimum to see.